susah beb

- andi apparently ran at the nursery today! and he walked a lot, so much so that one of his carers predicts that lagi 2 minggu sure boleh jalan punye.

- am excited with ayangs suggestion of cuti-cuti uk-eropah dgn gang projek!

- benci bila gaduh tapi dalam keadaan long distance.

- had hot white chocolate with raspberry chocolate cookie yang amat divine while reading about audience studies. sigh. next time nak try hot dark chocolate plak n nak makan with muffin. can only afford this treat once a week.

- i have been diligently walking from andi's dc to the uni to catch the tram to go home. normally i'd just hop on a tram yang dekat dgn daycare and change at the uni. decided to do that since i am SO F.A.T already!!!! i cannot fit my levis. geram dgn diri sendiri. i blame the weather. we'll see if i can fit into those jeans next month. if idak gak..kenalaa mak start morning walk pula.

- i'm probably gooing to hv a small makan2 at my flat for andis birthday. tp tgkla cemana.

- dani dah boleh recognise letters till kha n dah x gagap doa makan. apparently, today he pretended he was the teacher and my mom, his student.

- am hooked on naomei plak dah sebab ada adiputra....oh...*waves at remyishak*

- nak save duit cos nk beli handbeg. :)

prague

Prague cantik!

i wish i had longer time there to explore the quaint little alleys. its really nice tau to walk around the old town square and poke around. cumanya..it was really really cold. snow was a tad heavier than in wien but otherwise its ok. pushing the stroller in thick snow sangat adventure ok. i was contemplating about asking Dr Sunshine to buy me that sturdy stroller yg jogger with that tayar kena pump tu, tapi...

to me, things in prague are relatively cheaper than wien. sepinggan nasi beriyani ayam tandoori terbaek , was only 6euros. setimbun pulak tu nasik dia...dan mmg terbaek becos mak actually terserempak dengan malaysian students and tanye "mana dia kata ada nasi beriyani terbaek kat sini" and theyols (bless them) terus bawak mak ker sittew!

hotel pon murah saje. cuma satu je benda yang mak tak gemar! public transport dia yang sungguh tidak baby/OKU friendly. bayangkan..nak turun ke underground station terpaksa turun naik tangga. stress ok. seb baik pegi dengam my fren n her hubby. jadi, idaklah mak jadik superwomen sangat. if not, harus biceps and triceps mak lebih toned and defined!

pastu. i left my phone at home. my phone is my camera so i dont have ANY pictures of prague! terpaksa pergi sekali lagi!*matila alasan*

this time around i only bought the usual fridge magnet, hrc tshirt for Dr Sunshine, that replica of astronomical clock and a bookmark for dani and a toy for andi oh and a drawing of prague.

neway, since i loved amazing race so much, i was actually recalling the places in prague which were featured in amazingrace asia!! best sangat..hihihi. i was literally walking down charles bridge trying to look for the statue which they hid one of the clues. and..i was showing my friends the prince hotel, in which the contestants had to rescue a damsel in distress. :)

hmm...i actually have 2 weeks of not doing anything and am thinking of going somewhere. tapi ke manakah?

me: sapa nama teacher dani

dani: teacher shuhada

me: best tak?

dani: best. tapi teacher shu garang.

me: garang macam mana? (here's me being paranoid if the teacher pukul or tengking my son!)

dani: kalau ada budak tak behave, teacher shu marah

me: dani behave tak?

dani: behave.

p/s:i like the way dani pronounces behave (be-hef)...comel jer...stress sket kat be. hihi.

p/p/s: i really hope dr sunshine and dani can come here in june so that we can go for a family holiday!! i wanna go to spain, or greece or morroco or all three?? hihi. *berangan mode*

lawatan ke chocolate factory

Dani went for his first school trip yesterday! his kindy brought him to a chocolate factory. this is what he told me:

- mula2, dani tunggu uncle nizam pastu naik van pergi sekolah.

- lepas tu naik atas (to class) and then turun bawah balik pastu naik bas

- ada peacher ruby, peacher yati dengan peacher shu

- lepas makan-makan cokelat semua, kita balik

- dani duduk sebelah adam

- ada dua adam tau mama...satu duduk sebelah dani, satu duduk depan dani

- masa pergi tu, tak hujan

- dani tido satu kali dalam bas pastu satu kali dalam van

my baby brought back a plastic filled with chocolates for his papa (tapi dah dibuka...hihi).

i am so happy we decided to send him to school. he is now not that timid cos bila pi playground dah tak segan2 nak main. he can sing a lot of songs. recognizes 1 to 10. dr. sunshine n i are very happy with his development. :)

bila orang tak reti buat kerja

have i ever told you that prior to me going for cuti belajar, my borang permohonan citu belajar yg tebal giller itu hilang? yess..the unlatihan telah menerima tht form from kedekanan (ada bukti cos they had to sign when they recieved the form) but tah macam mana boleh hilang dlm simpanan.

and now...dorang hilangkan pulak my borang laporan kemajuan pelajar!!! i am very confident that they recieved it because i posted it together with my claims, in the SAME envelope, which they recieved. borang tu plak takde...how can?

n...becos of that, i got my first surat peringatan from my pengerusi pusat about this matter!! isshh...geram x yah ceritala cos org lain x buat keje bebetul, kita plak yg kena. apakah?

now, i shall isi borang tu again. sv is in BKK so i think i shall just post proof tht i did n passed my german course and post tht first. later2 baru antar with sv punye. kata nak asap kan? plus, its so not my fault. tu yg geram sangaaattttttttttttttttttttttttttttt tu.

lets just pray they wont stop my allowance.

beraluh

here are things i just found out abt dani the past week

- knows alif, ba and ta

- can recite doa mkn albeit a bit gagap

- loves school! how do we know? cos at times, he'll get ready for school dari pagi lagi walaupun van only picks him up at about 1230pm. pastu. if lambat dialog dia : "kalau macam ni, malaslah dani nk pegi skolah". tp tak de pon malasnyer...van sampai jer terus gumbira

- knows how to sing burung kakak tua

- going for a field trip to a chocolate factory this coming monday! (ni...mak pak pon sibuk excited sekali)

- has grown taller cos can already wash his hands at the sink woithout having us lift him up

- ada kawan nama syahirah and danish.

- cakap baik dan berlapik if he wants smthg. he doesnt demand...he doesnt really ask for it...tp he'll say : sedapla chocolate ni papa.

dani: papa...esok papa kerja dekat mana?

papa: papa kerja dekat selayang.

dani: dekat selayang ada jual super rings tak?

papa: ada

dani: papa ada duit tak?

papa: ada, tapi berapa?

dani: super rings tu murah je. 20 ringgit

papa: papa tak ada 20 ringgit

dani: kalau macam tu tak apala. nanti bila papa ada 20ringgit, papa bawa balik super rings ye?

of course la Dr Sunshine terus pi beli..hih hih hih.

note to self

- make appointment with sv to find out whats going on with my phd status.
- prepare for proposal presentation, should i tak dapat ikut old structure
- must read read and read!!

ps: i am actually excited because i just found out that the post grad school here actually gives out scholarship to students to go abroad to do their research. maknanya, masa katakan mak nak buat literature review, i can actually go to UK y'all (provided dapatlah scholarship ittew u ols). so now, tu yg excited terlebih ni. tapi mak fenfeeling nak pi US lah...how about that? ini harus dijadikan motivasi untuk berjaya!!!

200grams baybeh

200grams may not sound much but it means a lot to me. ever since Andi was diagnosed as underweight, i have been quite particular about his food intake.

at the check up last week, he was 6.9kg. but today...today he was 7.1!! Alhamdullillah....me constantlyfeeding himhad paid off.

andi wakes up at 5-ish in the morning. after changing his diaper, i would feed him about100g brie (brie tu macam nestum...just add water...it has milk in it). then, susu and he will ussually doze off. bangun je, i would give him his fruits (aprox 100g) which i just buy dalam ala-ala yoghurt pot tu. then, he will main2.i will mandikan him, and feed him brie again. tapi this time sket jer, maybe 50g gittew. pastu we'll get ready for daycare. on the way to daycare, Andi will minum susu...

at the daycare, he will eat his bubur/vege/potatoes (about 100g) and sometimes like today, finish up another pot of fruits (100g).balik rumah...susu time. sampai rumah, main...n brie again...i try to give him 100g but slalunye tak habis. depends la cemana.

and so, this has been my routine which i try to follow sebaik mungkin. i even bought that kitchen scale so that i can properly weigh his food intake.

next week, i hope to see more weight gain.

p/s: x sabar nak dapat susu weight gain apetah next week. then i can make oats with that!